Alex Chernov | |
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28th Governor of Victoria | |
In office 8 April 2011 – 30 June 2015 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Premier | Ted Baillieu Denis Napthine Daniel Andrews |
Lieutenant | Marilyn Warren |
Preceded by | David de Kretser |
Succeeded by | Linda Dessau |
Personal details | |
Born | Vilnius, Lithuania | 12 May 1938
Spouse | Elizabeth Hopkins |
Education | University of Melbourne |
Profession | Barrister, judge |
Alex Chernov AC KC (born 12 May 1938)[1] is an Australian lawyer, judge and barrister who served as the 28th Governor of Victoria, from 2011 to 2015.[2] Chernov also served as Vice-President of the Australian Bar Association, from 1986 to 1987, President of the Law Council of Australia, from 1990 to 1991, and the 20th Chancellor of Melbourne University, from 2009 to 2011.